Skip forward a few hundred years, Citadelle Gin is now produced in Cognac, the birthplace of another fine spirit and home to a few other French gins. In the Late 1980’s Alexandre Gabriel decided it was time to distil a gin and began doing research, pillaging through old records and files in Flanders and then developing a modern plan to distil gin at the Pierre Ferrand Cognac distillery. After coming across the story of Citadelle Gin, Alexandre decided that a gin bottled under the Citadelle name and distilled in a similar way to that of the original, produced after more than a century’s absence, would be befitting of his vision of bringing excitement and diversity back to the gin category.

Citadelle Gin -

Juniper is prominent on the nose, with orange loosely behind along with a refreshing green note from the cardamom in the mix. To taste, juniper and citrus are again apparent upfront with a dry, peppery finish. The overall impression is of a zesty gin that would work well in a host of different cocktails.